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Re:YouTube Down by wodenokoto on Thursday November 12, 2020 @04:40AM (#25068155)
> I wonder where the time would have went if we were not enterprising enough to invent big data and portable streams and engagement metrics.

Do remember channel surfing on your dumb, terrestrial, flow TV? Hours spend clicking "next channel" on the remote, cycling the same 5-10 channels, passing by the same program, again and again.

That's where the time would have gone.

Re:YouTube Down by Shugarl on Thursday November 12, 2020 @05:00AM (#25068272)
Sounds like a nightmare. Thank God for Netflix and YouTube, even though they bring their own set of problems.